Abstract
The Orissa super cyclone which crossed the Orissa coastal region near Paradip on October 29, 1999 proved to be disastrous. The strong winds, torrential rains with heavy rainfall and high storm surge associated with the cyclone caused havoc that resulted in the death of thousands of people, cattle and extensive damage to agricultural land, paddy crop, transmission lines, power supply, roads and buildings. In the present study, a fine resolution finite element model is used to simulate surges due to this super cyclone. The model results are compared with observed surges available from post-storm survey reports. Comparison of results show that they are in good agreement with the observed surges, and the finite element model can be used for real time surge forecasts.
Article PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
Avoid common mistakes on your manuscript.
References
Basu BK, Ghosh SK (1987) A model of surface wind field in a tropical cyclone over Indian seas. Mausam 38:183–192
Gray WG, (1976) An efficient Finite Element Scheme for two-dimensional surface water computations, in Proceedings of the First International Conference on FE in Water Resources. Pentech Press, London, pp 4.33–4.49
Jossy PM, Mahadevan R (1996) Numerical simulation of open coast surges, part II Experiments with storm parameters and shelf geometry. J Coastal Res 12:123–132
Kalsi SR, Jayanthi N, Roy Bhowmik SK (2004) A review of different storm surge models and estimated storm surge height in respect of Orissa super cyclonic storm of 29 October, 1999. Indian Meteorological Department, New Delhi
Latha G, Mahadevan R (2000) Sensitivity and predictive capability studies on a finite element surge simulation mode. Indian J Mar Sci 29:89–95
Latha G, Rama Rao EP, Mahadevan R (2002) Calibration of a finite element surge prediction model for the east coast of India. Indian J Mar Sci 31:265–270
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Latha, G., Rama Rao, E. Surge simulations for 1999 Orissa super cyclone using a finite element model. Nat Hazards 40, 615–625 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-006-9012-2
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-006-9012-2